The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-17
SHE MARRiES LATE.



The Boston society girl. as a rule.
does not marry young. In this hyper
borean climate the female of our species
blossoms late. At twenty she is simply
bud, and she does not fairly bloom
until she is three or four years older.
table growths, develop slowly. Here
it is winter eight months in the year.
and there is small chance for any thing
TO sprout At sweet sixteen the
sprightly maiden of our modern Athens
is in pinafores. At nineteen she is still
in short dresses going to school; for
this is the English style, you know, and
whatever is British '.goes" in this
town. If she is younger sister her
servitude in the nursery is well nigh
hopeless. But even after she has
emerged from the chrysalis of imma-
turity into the condition of the fash
ionable butterfly her education is in
definitely continued. In the intervals
of social dissipation she is obliged to
attend all sorts of lectures ON the most
abstruse subjects. She pursues eccen-
trio courses Of reading, and acquires an
intimate knowledge of strange re-
ligions and out-of-the-way PHILOSOPHERS.
In classes with others of her sex she oc-
cupies her time in cultivating the arts
and sciences. Thus she Is able 10 at
tain a degree of mental superiority
which renders it possible for her to
look down with unreasonable con-
tempt upon her fellow creatures in
pantaloons. In case she does not marry,
this scorn of the inferior masculine
gender is likely to be steadily and pro-
gressively aggravated with advancing
years.
! have observed with pain that Bos-
ton women generally seem to consider
it quite the thing to look down upon
the men. 1t is very hard. l really
can not imagine why it is. But they
do. 1t appears to be the fashion here
| to regard the male animal of the genus
homo as rather a necessary evil than
otherwise. As producer Of money he
| is useful, but in all else not particularly
desirable. If available as n partner in
marriage he receives the attention due
to such rarity; but once disposed OF
matrimonially he lapses into the for
| lorn condition of other benedicts, who
pass their time. when not engaged in
business. lounging at the clubs, while
their wives are busy forwarding the
work of societies for the advancement
of human knowledge in various
branches. was talking the other day
with fair acquaintance of mine about
the recently announced engagement Of
a girl we both knew. "What sort of q
fellow is the prospective husbandp"
asked.
"Oh, harmless" was the reply. with
a shrug of the shoulders which was
evidently intended to express a con.
viction that mountaineering DISPOSE
ton was the best thing to be expected
in a man.
At any rate. this is the view enter
tanned by the typical young woman o.
our enlightened metropolis. She mar
ries late, if at-all, because the young
men--originally too few in number K
supply the market-must struggle long
and hard in this overcrowded commun
ity before they find themselves in ;
position to support a family. woulc
strongly advise the Boston girl to "g'
West" and seek refuge from old
maidenhood in far Dakota or Montana
where any thing in petticoats is at I
premium. Louis Globe Democrat